The Ingenious Guinness "Guide To" Advertising Campaign
If you follow any brands on social media, you've probably noticed that too many of them like to talk about themselves way too much. ...
Showing posts with label Retro food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retro food. Show all posts
In Praise of Mayonnaise
May 5th is best known as Cinco de Mayo, but it also happens to be National Mayonnaise Day (mayo...get it?), a "holiday" that ...
Steak, Butter, and Eggs, Please: A Return To Retro Eating Habits!
If you grew up in the '70s like me, you probably remember the margarine craze of that era: we were told that butter was bad for us an...
Fond of Fondue
Despite extensive research by the Go Retro "team", we could find no real explanation as to why fondue parties became such a big...
When Coffee Was Just Coffee
Image: ABC At what point does a cup of coffee stop being a cup of coffee? Probably at the point you add caramel brûlée flavoring to it...
Wanna Curdle? Why I Love Cottage Cheese
I love cottage cheese. Well, somebody had to say it. Cottage cheese is often overshadowed these days by Greek yogurt, and gets a bad r...
Strange/Funny Vintage Ads From Thanksgiving Past
Thanksgiving is rapidly becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays -- it just doesn't seem to get much respect today, with retailers...
Today's Go Retro Blog Post is Brought to You by a Very Drunk Orson Welles
Paul Masson has nice wood? Huh? Where was I, again? Oh yeah...if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s then you may remembe...
Mmmmmmm....Metrecal!
When I came across the vintage ad above for the diet drink Metrecal, I was both repulsed and fascinated by it. It looks like Pepto-Bismol ...
Retro Product Fail #11: A Tale of Two TV-Themed Restaurants
All images via MewDeep on Flickr I think most folks know that Tonight Show host Johnny Carson had a successful clothing line at one poi...
Say It Ain't So, Twinkie the Kid
Via felixtcat on flickr In case you haven't heard the sad news already, Twinkie the Kid is officially retiring. Hostess, the maker o...
Retro Product Fail #9: Space Food Sticks
I was going through a 1971 Family Circle that I bought at a flea market when this ad piqued my interest. Hmmm...I'd never heard of S...
The Go Retro Summer Giveaway!
From TheUnofficialMadMadCookbook.com Go Retro turned five years old earlier this month, and to thank my retroholic readers for their pat...
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Lives
Image courtesy of ThinkGeek.com When I first saw Ghostbusters back in 1984, I thought that the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was an actual ...
Go Retro's Summer Giveaway!
Now that I have your attention, I'm excited to announce that I have another giveaway item for my readers! Last week, the president of a ...
Retro Product Fail #7: Orbitz Soft Drink
Usually Go Retro only focuses on people, places and things from the 1940s through the 1980s, but I think the drink that was known as Orbitz,...
The Great McPufnstuf Ripoff
Does anyone else who was a child of the 70s remember the psychedelic "McDonaldland" commercials and themed playgrounds? It was a...
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